May 1, 2019 – At this year’s NSSGA Young Leaders Annual Meeting in Hilton Head, S.C., Rock Products Associate Editor Josephine Patterson presented U.S. Concrete’s Brian Mahavier with the group’s coveted Mark S. Walsh Leadership Award. Rock Products sponsors this annual award, given to the one individual that, according to the award: “Exemplifies the leadership traits of professionalism, enthusiasm and commitment and whose efforts in…
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InSight Engineers Made a Martian Rock Garden
By Mark S. Kuhar NASA’s InSight lander set its first science instrument on Mars but engineers here on Earth already saw it happen. Like NASA’s Curiosity rover, InSight has a full-scale working model at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. This sister lander, aptly named ForeSight, lets the team test all operations before they happen on Mars.
Read MoreThe Shelly Co.’s Southern Division Earns Safety Award
The Shelly Co.’s Southern Division earned the CRH Americas Materials World Class Safety Award for 2018.
Read MoreIllumagear’s Halo Makes Safety More Visible
The Halo is a Personal Active Safety System from Illumagear that attaches to any hard hat and produces a ring of light around the wearer enabling him or her to see and be seen in all directions at all times.
Read MoreJanuary Construction Starts Rise 2 Percent
Modest Improvement Follows Two Months of Decline; Highways Slip. By Mark S. Kuhar
Read MoreWheeler Confirmed as EPA Chief
The Senate confirmed former coal industry lobbyist Andrew Wheeler to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, despite concerns by Democrats and one Republican about regulatory rollbacks he’s made in eight months as the agency’s acting chief.
Read MoreCongress Introduces Clean Water State Revolving Fund Legislation
The Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) is a federal infrastructure program that provides low-interest loans to states – requiring a 20 percent state match – for wastewater and stormwater infrastructure improvements.
Read MoreAn Industry Approaching Zero
Most Safety Enforcement Goes To Areas Of Least Risk. Is There A Better Way? By Avi Meyerstein
Read MorePERMITTING – APRIL 2019
Martin Marietta Proposes Land Swap According to The Arvada, Jefferson County, Colo., Open Space recently received a proposal from Martin Marietta Materials — which owns Heritage Square, the former site of a Victorian theme park shopping village in Golden, Colo. — about a land exchange. The proposal has three components. First, Open Space would receive 83.7 acres from Martin Marietta. This…
Read MoreThe Art of Introductions
An Introduction Identifies The Topic, But A Strategic Introduction Can Do Much More Than That. By Thomas J. Roach
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